Das Alphabet des Damianus Moyllus

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Before David Lance Goines constructed a roman alphabet in excruciating detail in 1982, Damianus Moyllus did the same thing (essentially) 499 years earlier in 1483. Since it was long out of print, Stanley Morison published a facsimile in 1927 in an edition of 350 copies. Forty-four years later, Jan Tschichold arranged for a new edition to be printed. Apparently Moyllus was the first to apply strict geometric reasoning to the making of letters. Don’t quote us on that. But if Tschichold found it worthy, so do we. A lovely little thing, produced with excruciating care and an essay in German that your phone can easily translate into English.